Supposedly there’s some kind of wedding going on tomorrow, and there’s plenty of coverage of it in today’s papers, pushing geuine news stories off the front pages. Not that there are a huge number of news stories today – perhaps most hacks and politicians have already packed their bags and fled Westminster ahead of tomorrow’s events.
The economy is still (just about) the biggest story of the day, with economist David Blanchflower laying the blame at Osborne’s door in the Guardian and describing the growth figures as “disastrous”. However the economy is (unfortunately) getting a run for its money this morning, as there’s also plenty of coverage of Camerons attacks on Angela Eagle. Eagle attempts to brush it off in the Guardian today, but suggests that this government has a problem with women. I think I can hear a whole new can of worms being opened…
There’s more coverage of the mainstream media of the Blair/Brown royal wedding snub (keep up guys, some of us have been talking about this for days) and some of the more dubious characters on the guest list are also arousing suspicion – not least the Syrian ambassador. Not the best image for him to be in such illustrious company at this present time…
Elsewhere there’s an interesting take from Jonathan Isaby at ConHome on why the Lib Dems won’t be leaving the coalition, Dan Hodges has extracts from a “comeback” speech from James Purnell at the News Statesman (although it’s unclear how much more “back” he plans to come) and Alex Salmond seems very keen to keep documents on his income tax plans quiet. How odd…
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